Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Tottori

A compact two-storey storehouse of 1902 on the south edge of the Shiotani plot at Akasaki, Kotoura, Tottori. Namako tiling below, plaster above, facing the garden.

Completed in 1937, this is the tallest of five stone-faced erosion-control dams on the upper Shimizu River. A square weep hole pierces the base of its spillway.

Completed in 1939, this low stone dam anchors the top of the Shimizu River group above Kurayoshi. Its weathered masonry sinks into a forest replanted after erosion.

Completed in 1938 and 80 metres long, this is the longest Shimizu River dam. A carved stone plaque on its left abutment bears the crest of the Home Ministry.

The lowest of the Shimizu River dams, completed in 1938. An irrigation channel through its left abutment lets one wall both hold back flood sediment and feed the fields.

The last of the Shimizu River dams, completed in 1944 at a bend in the stream. Its spillway is shifted aside to ease the current, with Mt. Hiruzen on the horizon.

Built in 1914 as the town hall of Chizu, Tottori, Shimomachi Kominkan is a white clapboard office with a pedimented porch and iron vent grilles, registered in 2002.

Completed in 1818 and rebuilt in 1838, Joninji's main hall in Tottori keeps cherry-birch pillars, a coved coffered ceiling and a hybrid altar. Registered in 2008.

Completed in 1916, the worship and offering halls of Sugitani Shrine in Tottori enclose a single tall tatami room and were registered as cultural property in 2024.

Built in 1915 above the drained bed of Nikko Pond, the 7.3-square-metre main hall of Sugitani Shrine in Tottori was registered as a cultural property in 2024.

Completed in 1951 on the upper Hiketa River in Tottori, Somagoya Arch Dam is a stone-faced concrete sabo dam, 24 metres long and 10 metres high. Registered in 2004.

A late Meiji public bathhouse in Kurayoshi, Tottori, registered in 2010. Trading ended in 2022, yet its house-like frontage and divided bath plan survive intact.

Discover the Kaisando (Founder's Hall) of Daijuji Temple in Yazu, Tottori Prefecture—a nationally registered tangible cultural property housing centuries of Zen heritage, memorial tablets, and the largest Uraku Camellia in Japan.

Daijuji Bell Tower in Yazu, Tottori, raised in 1954 to mark a bell recast after wartime requisition, packs Zen-style bracketing into 9.9 square meters under copper.

Daijuji Monks' Hall in Yazu, Tottori, built in 1955 and registered in 2024, sets three rows of training platforms around an earthen floor, Manjushri at its center.

Daijuji Main Hall in Yazu, Tottori, built in 1920 and registered in 2024, has curved porch rafters, dense carving, and a coved coffered ceiling over its central bay.

Main hall of Daisen-ji on Mount Daisen in Tottori, rebuilt in timber in 1951 after a 1928 fire and registered in 2017. Medieval wayo plan, modern carved ornament.

Two linked Meiji storehouses behind a cotton merchant's shop in Tottori City, registered 2007. Front walls carry rare shippo-pattern namako tilework. Free entry.

Discover the Chizu Fire Brigade Honmachi Branch Station, a nationally registered tangible cultural property in Tottori's Chizu-juku. Built in 1941 with a distinctive fire lookout tower, this Western-style wooden building still serves as an active fire station.

Step inside a 1942 wooden schoolhouse in Tottori's Chizu Town, where an 81-meter corridor, local cedar craftsmanship, and forestry heritage come together in a rare surviving example of modern rural school architecture.

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